The Age Of Extinction? Biodiversity loss and Climate Change Require New Paradigm
Posted on January 28, 2021
Key Points
The planet is facing mass extinction, declining health, and climate-disruption upheavals that threaten human survival because of ignorance and inaction, state top scientists in a recent paper.
The scale of the threats to the biosphere and all its lifeforms – including humanity – is so great that it is difficult to grasp for even well-informed experts.
Climate-induced mass migrations, more pandemics and conflicts over resources will be inevitable unless urgent action is taken.
Remedies requires far-reaching changes to global capitalism, education and equality. They include abolishing the idea of perpetual economic growth, properly pricing environmental externalities, stopping the use of fossil fuels, reining in corporate lobbying, and empowering women.
Unless governments begin to take the extent of the problem seriously we face a ‘ghastly’ future.
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Read the Guardian article here
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Frank Mancuso says:
Our runoff ( some of it animal waste) is causing the oceans to die billions will starve causing migrations, war and chaos like the planet has never known.
Sandra Kyle says:
The damage we have wreaked on the planet and other species must have consequences. I keep hoping we will come to our senses, but time is of the essence.
Sandra Kyle says:
Yes, time is running out. Changes are being made but I’m concerned it’s too little, too late.
Sandra Kyle says:
Yes, we have caused so much destruction and misery in our stewardship of the planet.